Re: get rid of psql welcome message

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: get rid of psql welcome message
Date: 2008-04-19 17:48:14
Message-ID: 480A305E.3080207@commandprompt.com
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Bruce Momjian wrote:

> I am thinking 'help' is too much indirection for users -- it just tells
> them another command. How about:
>
> \g or ';' to execute a query\n"
> \? and \h for help
> \q to quit

I have to disagree here. \h is completely counterintuitive to a "user",
let alone \?. The word "help" is about as plain as day as you can get.

Google search for the word help: 3,330,000,000
First result, help.com
Google search for the expression \h: 1,800,000,000
First result, Hydrogen

Plainly spoken, easily understandable *help* for the masses. :)

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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